Right on schedule we rolled out of our driveway Tuesday morning about 11:00. To match my mood, it was raining - as though God understood my heart ache at leaving the kids and grandkids behind. I have ALWAYS hated goodbyes - and they don't get any easier with each passing year!
Our first night we landed about 6:30 in Stanton, Missouri - about 60 miles west of St. Louis. We had run out of the rain that day, but it caught up with us by the time we were breaking camp the next morning. A very long second day that took us all the way to Buckeye Lake, Ohio - home of the Pizza Cottage! Discovered that a KOA owners meeting was just breaking up, and there were about 5 couples staying till the next morning. They invited us to join them, and we couldn't turn them down. We 'shelved' our pizza plans (for the time being) and joined the group for hotdogs & leftovers (from their meeting). It was great re-connecting with old friends, and everyone broke out the pictures of the grandkids. When asked if we would really forgo Pizza Cottage for hotdogs, we quickly told them - "Oh, no - we'll just stay a second night and go tomorrow! We aren't leaving here without our pizza!" :>)
So Thursday I declared an "office day" to get caught up on scheduling, filing and assorted other paperwork. About noon, Mike & Shirley (the owners) invited us to ride along with them to go check out the progress on the restoration of their 1954 Lincoln. It was his grandfather's car (that he had purchased new) and they are having it completely customized. We had to chuckle, for these folks are from the south - originally - and I made the statement that "you can take the southern boy out of the south, but you can't take the NASCAR out of him!" He was like a little boy in a toy store! It was a nice break in the day and then after they closed the store that evening, we all went over to the Pizza Cottage for our long-awaited pizza. Purposefully bought a large one, so we would have left-overs. Of course, we'll have to come back through here this fall to see the finished car - and have some more pizza!
Didn't get all my paperwork sorted through, so Friday morning we decided to drive north to Streetsboro, Ohio - which is just south of Cleveland - and set down early so I could get some more office work done. This is our first visit to this park, but we had heard so much about it, we wanted to check it out. Their store is actually the original Streetsboro general store building that was moved onto the campground back in the 70's. They have kept it pretty much like it was originally - and it is delightful. They also have an old-time swimming hole, and Cathy shared that they have already had some swimmers this year! Must have been 'wanna-be polar bears' - as the pond is spring fed (55 degrees) and there hasn't been THAT much sunshine in these parts yet this season. But, I could see Wes & Nick (and Randy) wanting to try it out if they were here!
It has turned out to be the perfect place, for she put us at the back of the park - where it's quiet, and I have had a very productive afternoon.
Roger continues to plug along, but he still suffers with the congestion & a terrible cough that has hung on from 'typhoid Hayden'. I keep 'nagging' him to stop and go to a doctor, but he refuses. I guess sooner or later he will get tired of feeling bad, and go. Did get him to go to WalMart and get some over the counter meds and cough syrup.
Will head into Pennsylvania in the morning . . . and begin making our campground visits.
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